I use TeX Live 2012 on Windows 8 and would like to use an EPS image. I usually use PNG, but in this case PNG is too pixelated.

I found that epstopdf is the preferred solution and that TeX Live (starting in 2010) converts on the fly. TeX Live thinks it converted the file, but can't find it because it doesn't exist (log file below). I tried using absolute file references and turning off all other graphics packages, but the symptoms don't change.

This is a little deeper than I've gotten in TeX and would appreciate any help.

Not sure but it would simplify the interaction of the various programs a lot if instead of ../figures/gz_figure_1 you just had gz_figure_1 and put the file in the current directory. Alternatively there is no need to convert this while doing atex you can just run ps2pdf gz_figure_1.ps and that should make a pdf file which pdflatex will then see,
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David CarlisleMar 8 '13 at 15:02

@DavidCarlisle -- Wow. That does it. The file must be in the same directory with epstopdf? I tried full paths, but I guess it has to be same directory. Thanks!
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Richard HerronMar 8 '13 at 15:07

It's probably possible to configure things so it doesn't have to be in the same directory but it's easier just to simplify things so it works rather than configure things in a complicated way:-)
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David CarlisleMar 8 '13 at 15:12

@RichardHerron See note at the end of section 1.3 in documentation of epstopdf (it’s part of the oberdiek bundle).
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SperavirMar 8 '13 at 23:58